Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse was born 1959 in Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast. His immense œuvre written in Nynorsk Norwegian and spanning a variety of genres consists of a wealth of plays, novels, short stories, poetry, essays, children’s books, and translations. His work has been translated into more than forty languages and he is today one of the most widely performed playwrights in the world.

Jon Fosse has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Hedda Award, the most prestigious award in Norwegian theatre, and Austria’s Nestroy Theatre Prize for Best Play. In 2005 Jon Fosse was made a Commander in the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and in 2007 he was made a Knight in France’s National Order of Merit. Jon Fosse was awarded the International Ibsen Award in 2010, the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2015, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023.